Belfast City Airport

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent discussions she has had with Mr Willie Walsh about British Airways' (a) commitment to and (b) expansion at Belfast City Airport; and if she will make a statement.

Theresa Villiers: I have had no recent discussions with Mr Walsh on expanding BA operations at Belfast city airport but my officials keep in touch with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland departments concerning air routes from Northern Ireland to Great Britain.
	I understand that the British Airways flight to London is commercially successful and well used by the public—indeed passenger numbers on both Belfast City to Heathrow routes rose by 12% in 2012 compared to 2011.

Electoral Register: Northern Ireland

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the effect on registration levels of attainers in Northern Ireland of the introduction of individual voter registration.

Theresa Villiers: The registration of attainers fell following the introduction of individual voter registration in Northern Ireland. In its 2003 report on the impact of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, the Electoral Commission commented that attainers appeared to be significantly underrepresented on the register, with fewer than 25% of 17 and 18-year olds registered to vote.
	Registration of attainers improved significantly with the introduction of a schools programme. The Electoral Commission's 2012 report on continuous electoral registration in Northern Ireland estimated that 66% of attainers were registered, in comparison with 55% in Great Britain.

Flood Control

Nigel Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what resources from her Department were used or made available during the recent flood precautionary measures in Northern Ireland.

Theresa Villiers: The Civil Contingency Policy Branch within the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister has responsibility for these matters in Northern Ireland. There are established procedures for liaising with the Civil Contingencies Secretariat within the Cabinet Office.
	My officials spoke to their counterparts in OFMDFM at regular intervals during the period of severe weather and were advised that the Northern Ireland Executive had the resources that they required to deal with the impact of the adverse conditions.

Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry

Nigel Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive about the setting up of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry; and what funding her Department has allocated to assist the work of that inquiry.

Theresa Villiers: I have not had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive regarding the setting up of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry. Funding of the Inquiry is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive.

Northern Ireland Government

Nigel Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions she has had with the US administration since the ending of the Haass talks in Northern Ireland.

Theresa Villiers: The Government has maintained contact with the US administration about the outcome of the Haass process, and my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has discussed these matters with the president by telephone. I have met the US ambassador and consul general to discuss the Haass process.

India

Tom Watson: To ask the Prime Minister 
	(1)  if he will place in the Library a copy of the correspondence dated 3 February 1984 from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the then Prime Minister proposing a response to the Indian government's request for advice on their plans for the Golden Temple; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  when he expects the review into the events in Amritsar in 1984 to be completed; if he will publish all withheld files on the matter that were not placed in the National Archives under the 30 Year Rule; and if copies of that review will be placed in the Library;
	(3)  if the review into events in Amritsar in 1984 will examine the role played by Gary Sazena and R.N. Kao of the Research and Analysis Wing of the Indian secret service; whether each such man visited the UK at any time; whether each such man received training in the UK; and what the nature was of intelligence provided to those individuals from the Government.

David Cameron: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him and the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton South East (Mr McFadden), on 15 January 2014, Official Report, columns 849-850.

Buildings

Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Attorney-General which buildings occupied by the Law Officers' Departments are owned or part-owned privately; what the total value is of the rent paid to private landlords for the use of such buildings for official duties; and to whom such rent is paid.

Oliver Heald: The Treasury Solicitor's Department and Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate are located at One Kemble Street (OKS) London, WC2B 4TS and Southern House (CSH) Wellesley Grove, Croydon, Surrey, CRO 7HJ. These buildings are owned privately and both buildings are used for official duties. The total value of the rent paid per annum for OKS and CSH is £3,622,271.43 (inclusive of non-refundable VAT).
	For OKS the rent is paid to the landlord, the Civil Aviation Authority. For Southern House the rent is paid to the landlord, London and Continental Railways.
	The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is a tenant in 2-4 Cockspur Street, London, SW1Y 5BS. The building is owned by the Crown Estate. The Canadian high commission has a 101 year lease from the Crown Estate for the building. The SFO makes rental payments to the Canadian high commission for the space it occupies in the building. The value of rent payments by the SFO in 2013-14 is £1,486,444.00 (exclusive of VAT).
	The Attorney-General's Office (AGO) at 20 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0NF is privately owned and the AGO pays a total rent of £462,820.00 (exclusive of VAT) per annum to R&K LLC.
	Of the Crown Prosecution Service's property holdings, it currently occupies 35 buildings which are privately owned at a total annual rental of £13,473,632.77 (excluding VAT). A list of the 35 buildings together with details of rent paid annually and to whom, has been deposited in the Library of the House.

Work Experience

Seema Malhotra: To ask the Attorney-General how many people aged (a) 16 and under and (b) over 16 years old undertook work experience in the Law Officers' Departments in each of the last three years.

Oliver Heald: The number of people over 16 years old who have undertook work experience with The Law Officers' Departments in each of the last three years is detailed in the following table.
	
		
			 Number of people over 16 years old undertaking work experience 
			 Department 2011 2012 2013 
			 Crown Prosecution Service 174 77 114 
			 Serious Fraud Office 1 1 - 
			 Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSol)1 - 15 29 
			 1 TSol data also covers the Attorney-General's Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate. 
		
	
	In 2011 one individual aged 16 years or under undertook work experience in TSol.
	The Crown Prosecution Service fully supports work experience placements for people aged 16 and under. These are arranged locally and no central record is held of those who have participated.
	The SFO has also provided short unpaid work experience opportunities for example to year 10 pupils, however there is no record of how many such opportunities have been provided.

Agriculture: Regulation

Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how he intends to implement those recommendations of the MacDonald report concerned with earned recognition.

George Eustice: DEFRA published a detailed plan of the opportunities for implementing earned recognition into inspection regimes in August 2013. The Earned Recognition Plan sets out what actions DEFRA is taking to implement an earned recognition approach into on-farm inspection regimes.
	The plan highlights that 14 out of 31 on-farm inspection regimes already give farmers and food processors the opportunity to earn recognition. As a result farmers who play by the rules are receiving fewer inspections. For example, 740 members of the Environment Agency's Pig and Poultry scheme are inspected once every three years rather than annually and as of this month, our piloting of earned recognition in egg marketing inspections will reduce routine inspection visits to medium and large producers from two to three inspections per year to around one inspection per year.
	We remain committed to exploring new opportunities for applying an earned recognition approach.

Agriculture: Regulation

Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  how his Department plans to measure any benefits to farmers arising from implementation of the recommendations of the Macdonald Taskforce on farming regulation;
	(2)  how his Department will measure benefits to farmers from the implementation of the recommendations of the MacDonald Taskforce.

George Eustice: The Farming Regulation Task Force Implementation Group, chaired by Richard Macdonald, was appointed in February 2012 to hold to account, and ensure transparency in, the work of Government to meet the 137 commitments made in response to the Farming Regulation Task Force report.
	The Implementation Group will step down in March 2014 when a final assessment of DEFRA's progress against Task Force commitments will be published.
	This independent assessment will set out what impacts DEFRA's actions to reduce unnecessary burden will have on the ground, and how these changes will directly benefit farmers.

Bovine Tuberculosis

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 14 January 2014, Official Report, columns 470-1W, on bovine tuberculosis, what steps he is taking to ensure the independence of the assessment of the effectiveness of the trials.

George Eustice: The Independent Expert Panel (IEP) was appointed to work independently and will prepare its own report based on its member's consideration of the results of the monitoring. Panel members are drafting their report, conclusions and recommendations themselves. DEFRA has only been involved with the logistics of the Panel's meetings on request, and in commissioning any further analysis or data that the Panel has requested in order to fulfil its Terms of Reference.
	Furthermore, before being submitted to the IEP, all the data collection and statistical analyses were subjected to scrutiny by independent auditors.

Buildings

Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which buildings occupied by his Department are owned or part-owned privately; what the total value is of the rent paid to private landlords for the use of such buildings for official duties; and to whom such rent is paid.

Dan Rogerson: The requested data is set out in two documents which will be placed in the Library of the house.
	The aggregate total of annual rents payable for each of the leasehold sites listed in the documents on the Core DEFRA estate as at 16 January 2014 is £16,464,573.59

Common Agricultural Policy

Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much and what proportion of Common Agricultural Policy Pillar 2 funding he plans to allocate to (a) fostering knowledge transfer and innovation, (b) enhancing competitiveness, productivity and farm viability, (c) promoting food chain organisation and risk management, (d) restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems, (e) promoting resource efficiency and supporting the shift towards a low carbon and (f) promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas in each year to 2017-18.

George Eustice: The budget available for rural development in England over the next CAP period to 2020 will be at least £3.5 billion. Over £3 billion (87%) will be spent on improving the environment. Around £450 million (13%) will be spent on growth-focused schemes. Of this, £177 million (5%) has been allocated to Local Enterprise Partnership areas via the Growth Programme for rural growth projects, £140 million (4%) will be targeted at farming and forestry competitiveness and £140 million (4%) will be spent through LEADER on local projects with a strong focus on jobs and growth. The detailed rural development programme that we submit to the European Commission later in the year will set out how the funding will be broken down between priorities and years in more detail.

Flood Control

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what support his Department gives to farmers to plant trees on high lands as a means of counteracting flooding; and if he will make a statement.

Dan Rogerson: holding answer 20 January 2014
	DEFRA flood management grants are available for work that reduces flood risk and demonstrates value for money. Work could cover planting trees. Payments are assessed in relation to the value of economic flood damages avoided and the reduced risk to households.
	Further grants may also be available under the Rural Development Programme later in 2014 for woodland planting generally if this is needed to deliver a level of funded planting in 2014-15 in line with the overall annual rate under the existing Programme.
	DEFRA has announced that 2,000 hectares of new woodland will be created through the planting of 4 million trees as part of a £30 million Government investment in woodland through the Rural Development Programme in 2014-15. The investment in new planting will amount to £6 million.

Flood Control

Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  how much of the additional £120 million provided in Autumn Statement 2012 for flood protection in England in 2013-14 and 2014-15 has been allocated to the (a) Lower Don Valley in Sheffield, (b) Ipswich tidal barrier, (c) Derby riverside area and (d) Exeter flood defence schemes; and what stage of construction each such scheme has reached;
	(2)  how much of the additional £120 million allocated in Autumn Statement 2012 for flood protection in England in 2013-14 and 2014-15 that has been allocated to the (a) Lower Don Valley in Sheffield, (b) Ipswich tidal barrier, (c) Derby riverside area and (d) Exeter flood defence schemes will come (i) from departmental revenue and capital expenditure and (ii) through a standard partnership funding framework.

Dan Rogerson: The 2012 autumn statement provided an additional £120 million capital funding, as DEFRA grant in aid to the Environment Agency for flood protection in England in 2013-14 and 2014-15. The Environment Agency has allocated some of this money under the normal methodology for allocating grant in aid, and some of this money to schemes which make a particular contribution towards economic growth.
	In total £30.8 million of this additional £120 million has been allocated to the (a) Lower Don Valley in Sheffield, (b) Ipswich tidal barrier, (c) Derby riverside area and (d) Exeter flood defence schemes as detailed in the following table, which also identifies what stage of construction each such scheme has reached.
	
		
			  2013-14 2014-15  
			  Growth (£) Standard DEFRA GiA (£) Growth (£) Standard DEFRA GiA (£) Current status 
			 Ipswich Tidal Barrier 6.3 — 6.1 — In construction 
			 Exeter 1.1 — 2.9 — In development 
			 Derby Lower Derwent 1.0 0.5 4.8 0.5 In development 
			 Sheffield Lower Don 3.4 0.1 3.0 1.0 In development 
		
	
	As set out in the table above, £2.1 million of the £30.8 million for these four schemes was allocated through the usual partnership funding methodology for the allocation of DEFRA grant in aid.

Flood Control

Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of the £148 million proposed to be secured from external non-governmental funding for anti-flooding measures in 2011-12 to 2014-15 is proposed to be generated by (a) income, (b) income committed from each source and (c) allocated to each flood protection scheme.

Dan Rogerson: There are many different contributors to the flood and coastal erosion risk management projects. Of the 507 schemes running in 2013-14, 143 have agreed external contributions through Partnership Funding approach, in addition to DEFRA's grant in aid. Funding arrangements differ from project to project and in cases where private contributions are involved, may be confidential. The Environment Agency will publish an updated programme on its website in February. Every scheme planned in the next few years will be listed along with indicative contributions from external partners.

Flood Control

Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding for flood protection in planned to be raised through a standard partnership funding framework in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.

Dan Rogerson: In addition to DEFRA grant in aid, the Environment Agency anticipates that external contributions through the Partnership Funding approach to the construction of flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes will reach £58.4 million in 2013-14, £61 million in 2014-15 and are so far planned to exceed £39 million in 2015-16.

Flood Control

Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  how much of the additional £120 million provided in Autumn Statement 2012 for flood protection in England for (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 had been secured through a standard partnership funding framework on 31 December 2013;
	(2)  how much of the additional £120 million provided in Autumn Statement 2012 for flood protection in England for 2013-14 and 2014-15 is intended to be secured through a standard partnership funding framework.

Dan Rogerson: The additional £120 million capital provided in autumn statement 5 December 2012, Official Report, columns 871-882, enabled the Environment Agency to promote nine projects to reduce flood risk specifically to facilitate growth and to accelerate the delivery of a further 33 projects to reduce the risk of flooding. Part of this £120 million was allocated to the nine growth projects under a specific methodology designed for this purpose. The remainder of the £120 million was allocated to the 33 accelerated projects, under the usual partnership funding methodology. In addition, all these 42 projects were also eligible for, and received, further DEFRA Grant-in-Aid funding in line with the usual partnership funding methodology.
	In terms of the funding allocated under the usual partnership funding methodology to the 33 accelerated projects, £8.9 million was allocated in 2013-14 before 31 December 2013. An indicative allocation of £107.9 million has been made under the same approach for 2014-15 as detailed in a table I have placed in the Library of the House. Final allocations for 2014-15 will be confirmed by the Environment Agency in February. As set out above, these figures include that part of the additional £120 million which was allocated to these projects.

Flood Control

Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much of the additional £120 million provided in Autumn Statement 2012 for flood protection in England for (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 has been allocated to a specific flood defence scheme to date.

Dan Rogerson: £29.8 million of the £120 million provided in autumn statement 2012 for flood protection in England was allocated to schemes to date in 2013-14. The remaining funding for 2014-15 will be allocated by the Environment Agency Board on 6 February 2014.

Flood Control

Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which projects and schemes have (a) been allocated and (b) received how much funding from the additional £120 million provided in Autumn Statement 2012 for flood protection in England in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.

Dan Rogerson: The additional £120 million capital funding provided in autumn statement 5 December 2012, Official Report, columns 871-882, allowed the Environment Agency to promote nine projects to reduce flood risk specifically to facilitate growth and to accelerate the delivery of a further 33 projects to reduce the risk of flooding. I have placed a table in the Library of the House detailing the allocations for 2013-14 and indicative allocations for 2014-15. The 33 accelerated projects had already been allocated a portion of DEFRA flood defence Grant-in-Aid and would have been delivered in any case, but to a slower time scale. For this reason the total figures in the table add up to more than £120 million. The additional funding provided in the 2012 autumn statement means that these projects will be delivered more quickly than would otherwise be the case allowing other projects to come into the programme sooner in the future.

Flood Control

Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spend on (a) maintaining existing flood defences and (b) new flood defences in each year between 2009-10 and 2013-14; and what his Department's (i) revenue, (ii) capital and (iii) total expenditure on flood protection is planned for each year to 2024-25.

Dan Rogerson: The information is as follows:
	
		
			 Environment Agency revenue funding spent on maintaining flood defences 
			  £ million 
			 2009-10 163.0 
			 2010-11 172.1 
			 2011-12 155.8 
			 2012-13 169.5 
			 2013-141 146.7 
			 1 The 2013-14 figure is budget 
		
	
	Figures for DEFRA total spend on capital and revenue between 2009-10 and 2012-13 and budgets for 2013-14 and 2014-15 are published on line at:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/273582/flood-coastal-erosion-funding.pdf
	In those figures, capital expenditure includes spending on improving defences and major refurbishment as well as new defences and plant and equipment related to managing flood and coastal erosion risks. No record is kept of the breakdown between capital invested in new defences and improving or replacing existing assets.
	The total revenue allocation to the Environment Agency after 2014-15 has not yet been set. However, I have indicated that the Environment Agency's budget for the maintenance of existing flood defences will increase by £5 million in 2015-16.
	DEFRA’s budgeted capital expenditure for flood and coastal erosion risk management for 2015-16 is £370 million, and then the same each year in real terms until and including 2020-21. Capital allocations for 2021-22 and after have not yet been decided.

Bahrain

Julian Huppert: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Bahrain.

Hugh Robertson: The most recent assessment of the human rights situation in Bahrain is in the FCO's update to its Annual Human Rights Report, published in September 2013. The report noted the positive steps taken by the Bahraini government to improve the human rights situation and highlighted areas where more needed to be done.

Procurement

Catherine McKinnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his Department's 10 largest contracts let since the financial year 2010-11 are; what savings have been made in such contracts; what the level of overspend or underspend was in each such contract; and what steps his Department has taken to monitor the performance of each such contract following the contract award.

David Lidington: The 10 largest contracts let by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) since financial year 2010-11 are listed here. For reasons of commercial confidence we cannot supply exact contract values.
	£90-10 million
	Vodafone Cable and Wireless—ECHO telecommunications programme
	G4S—Afghanistan guarding
	£30-90 million
	Computacenter—Firecrest/Desktop Infrastructure contract
	Detica—Service Management Integrator Framework
	GardaWorld—Baghdad guarding
	ISS—Facilities Management
	Bouyeges—Abuja BHC construction
	£0-30 million
	G4S—UK Guarding
	GardaWorld—Libya guarding
	Capgemini—Prism
	GardaWorld—Libya guarding.
	Five of these contracts have only commenced in the past few months and so data are not yet available on actual spend profile or savings. Information regarding the remaining five contracts cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost. Budget management of contracts is devolved to Departments rather than held centrally and parties managing contracts are held to account for financial contract performance by relevant budgetary processes.
	Best procurement practice is followed in the letting of all contracts in accordance with guidelines set out by the Government Procurement Service. Steps to monitor the performance of these contracts are set out in the governance procedures of each contract which are determined on a case by case basis and must include regular gateway reviews and measurement against key performance indicators to ensure performance against contractual milestones and value for money.

Asylum

David Hanson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many houses provided through the COMPASS contracts do not meet contractual standards on quality due to (a) minor and (b) major defects.

Mark Harper: The COMPASS performance management reporting process is not property based.
	Instead it measures the timeliness of fault rectification and the impact of a property defect on the service user. In the month of October 2013 (the most recent validated report), the overall number of asylum seekers affected by minor defects was 172 and by major defects was 75. Defects have therefore affected less than 1% of the circa 25,000 asylum seekers who were accommodated in October 2013.

Asylum: Appeals

Paul Blomfield: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2013, Official Report, column 316W, on asylum: appeals, in how many asylum and immigration cases where the applicant has appealed to HM Courts and Tribunal Service the Secretary of State's decision has been withdrawn (a) prior to the scheduled hearing date and (b) on the scheduled hearing day, in the last 12 months; and how many of the cases where decisions have been withdrawn by the Secretary of State have subsequently had no further decision issued.

Mark Harper: The data relating to the Secretary of State for the Home Department decisions withdrawn in the last 12 months is set out in the following table, broken down by (a) those withdrawn prior to the scheduled hearing date, and (b) those withdrawn on the scheduled hearing date.
	
		
			  Volume of SSHD decisions withdrawn in the last 12 months 
			 Appeal Type (a) Withdrawn prior to the scheduled hearing date (b) Withdrawn on the scheduled hearing date 
			 Asylum 189 45 
			 Deport 53 12 
			 Temporary Migration 1,709 335 
			 Permanent Migration 653 157 
			 Total 2,604 549 
			 Notes: 1. The table relates to in-country SSHD decisions. We are not able to run data on entry clearance withdrawals as a complete set of data are not held on this type of case. 2. The data on which our response is based are management information which has been subject to internal quality checks. The information has been provided by and assured by the Home Office Performance Unit but has not been quality assured under national statistics protocols. 
		
	
	We are unable to answer the third part of the question as we are unable to accurately link appeal withdrawals to case outcomes.
	In answering this question we also wish to clarify the answer given to PQ 175606, answered on 12 December 2013, Official Report, column 316W. In my answer of 12 December 2013, I only provided a count of those cases recorded on our system as having a decision withdrawn and did not include other cases where the appeal was treated as withdrawn. In my answer today, the data relates to cases where the Tribunal will have treated the appeal as withdrawn as a consequence of the Secretary of State withdrawing a decision subsequent to the appeal being lodged. The two events—withdrawn decision and withdrawn appeal—are recorded separately on the system and consequently figures will differ depending on which field is interrogated for information.

Digital Broadcasting: Radio

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many current local radio stations will continue to operate after the digital radio switchover.

Edward Vaizey: Government recognises the importance of local commercial radio stations to the communities they serve and is committed to reserving part of the FM spectrum as a platform for local and community radio stations, for as long as it is needed.

Internet: Children

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 
	(1)  what discussions her Department has had with leading social media sites on protecting children online;
	(2)  what discussions her Department has had with social media sites on protecting children online.

Edward Vaizey: DCMS Ministers and officials regularly discuss the issue of protecting children online with representatives from social media companies, including through the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS).
	It is the intention that Minsters will host a roundtable, early in the new year, with social media companies to examine whether more can be done to protect children using social media.

Galileo System

John Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the UK contribution to the EU Galileo project.

David Willetts: I have been asked to reply 
	of behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
	I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 9 July 2013, Official Report, column 163W regarding the cost of the Galileo and EGNOS satellite navigation programmes.
	The deployment and operational phases of the Galileo programme and all future costs are the responsibility of the EU. EU member states, including the UK, contribute to the EU Budget as a whole and not to individual spending programmes within it. As a reference point, the UK's post-abatement financing share of the EU Budget was estimated to be around 12.5% in 2013.
	The financial envelope for the Galileo programme is set at €7.072 billion in current prices for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020. This is 10% lower than the amount requested by the European Commission and was negotiated as part of an overall package which delivered the first cut in the long-term EU budget in history.
	In order to improve transparency of costs for the programme, this budget is broken down into four parts for the different phases of the programmes and the regulation requires that the European Commission provides information to the member states on how the budget is applied, overall costs and operating costs of significant Galileo infrastructure items.
	The Government considers that the new Galileo Regulation (EU 1285/2013) which came into force on 1 January 2014 has the potential to bring about significant improvements in how the Galileo programme is managed and governed.

Boilers: Rural Areas

Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he plans to take to increase the number of Energy Company Obligation installations in rural areas; and if he will make a statement.

Gregory Barker: It is important that rural and non-gas fuelled households are able to benefit from support under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and we will be considering this carefully as part of the consultation on ECO changes this spring.
	The consultation will explore how best to incentivise delivery of Affordable Warmth measures to non-gas fuelled households, and will include proposals to broaden out the Carbon Saving Community Obligation (CSCO) eligibility criteria. The latter will mean that more households will be eligible for CSCO and it will be easier for obligated companies to identify and support eligible rural households.
	In addition we will be considering how best to support non-gas fuelled households as part of our forthcoming draft Fuel Poverty Strategy, on which we will also consult in the spring.

Eggborough Power Station

Andrew Percy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the contribution of Eggborough Power Station to UK energy generation.

Michael Fallon: holding answer 20 January 2014
	The energy generating capacity of Eggborough Power Station is 1960MW1 which represents around 2% of total operational generating capacity.
	While DECC does not publish a breakdown of generation by individual power stations due to commercial sensitivities, published statistics show that in 2012, the latest full year available, total electricity generation from major power producers, which includes Eggborough, was 325.139 TWh, with generation from coal accounting for 34.33% or 143.18 TWh.
	1 DUKES Chapter 5.7 Plant Capacity in the United Kingdom
	2 DUKES Chapter 5.11 Power stations in the United Kingdom (figure end 2012)
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes
	dukes (figure for capacity end 2012)
	3 DECC Energy Trends section 5 published in December 2013:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electricity-section-5-energy-trends

Electricity: ICT

John Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 337W, on electricity: ICT, what discussions he has had with other government departments on working with data centres to reduce energy usage.

Michael Fallon: I discuss a wide range of energy efficiency matters across different sectors with my colleagues across Government including in relation to the ICT sector. My officials are also in detailed discussion with their colleagues in HM Treasury, HMRC, and BIS on the inclusion of data centres in the Climate Change Agreements scheme.

Fracking

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions on fracking he has had with his European counterparts.

Michael Fallon: The European Commission has been assessing the existing framework for the extraction of unconventional hydrocarbons across member states. During this process the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, the right hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr Davey), has been engaged with his European counterparts.
	The UK has over 50 years of experience regulating onshore oil and gas activity, and is in a prime position to provide guidance and examples of best practice when it comes to regulating the unconventional sector. It is important to engage with European counterparts to ensure that the development of a European shale industry is regulated in a responsible and environmentally safe manner.

Army Reserve

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many army reserve recruits (a) left the service and (b) were enlisted from 2011 to the most recent year for which figures are available.

Anna Soubry: The estimated number of army reserve recruits that have left the service or enlisted between 1 April 2012 and 30 November 2013, the latest date for which information is available can be found at:
	http://www.dasa.mod.uk/publications/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report/2013-10-01/1-october-2013.pdf
	Information prior to April 2012 is not held in the format requested.
	The Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), has published, 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 124WS, the trajectory of recruiting targets for the reserves that we will have to meet to deliver our commitment of 30,000 trained army reservists by 2018. This trajectory takes account of outflow. These out-turn figures will be published on a quarterly basis.

Art Works

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what artwork is on display in the offices of each Minister in his Department; and what the estimated value is of each such artwork.

Daniel Poulter: The information requested is as follows:
	The Secretary of State for Health (Jeremy Hunt)
	Grey and Red (2), oil on canvas by Yuko Shiraishi
	Afro Lunar Lovers, Giclee print with embossing and hand applied gold leaf, by Chris Ofili
	Waterlines, screen-print, by Richard Long
	Sustenance 101, photograph, by Neeta Madahar
	I've only the friendship of hotel rooms, screen-print, by Patrick Caulfield
	I'll take my life monotonous, screen-print, by Patrick Caulfield
	Her handkerchief swept me along the Rhine, screen-print by Patrick Caulfield
	Ah! storm clouds rushed from the Channel coasts, screen-print, by Patrick Caulfield
	Minister of State (Norman Lamb)
	Sam Johnson DCM, Docker, oil painting by Bernard Hailstone
	Gunner Paul March (Canadian Forces), oil painting by Henry Lamb
	Blakeney Marshes, watercolour by Leonard Russell Squirrell
	Ebb Tide, Wells Next the Sea, Norfolk, watercolour by Leonard Russell Squirrell
	Fécamp Harbour, oil painting by Henry Lamb
	Moonrise on the Zuyderzee, oil painting by Adrian Scott Stokes
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Earl Howe)
	The Highgate Archway from the Turnpike Gate at Holloway, engraving by unknown artist, British 19th century
	The Glorious Victory, obtained over the French Fleet by the British Fleet under the Command of Earl Howe, on the First of June 1794, engraving by James Fittler after Philip James de Loutherbourg
	Description of the Print of Earl Howe's Victory over the French Fleet, June the First, 1794, engraving, after Philip James de Loutherbourg
	Entry to the Strand from Charing Cross from Original Views of London, as it is, lithograph by Thomas Shorter Boys
	A View from Richmond Hill engraving by Charles Theodosius Heath after Thomas Christopher Hofland
	The Horse-Guards from Six Views of London, engraving by Edward Rooker after Michael Angelo Rooker
	Chigwell School, Essex from Public Schools Series, etching and aquatint by Elizabeth Mary Aslin
	The Meadows, Oxford from Oxford and Cambridge Series, lithograph by Edwin La Dell
	William Stukeley (1687-1765) antiquary and natural philosopher, mezzotint by John Smith I after Sir Godfrey Kneller
	Milton Ernest Hall from Victorian Dream Palaces, screenprint by John Piper
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Dr Daniel Poulter)
	Duck Pond in Surrey, lithograph by Edwin La Dell
	Town Hall from New Suite, etching and aquatint by Helena Markson
	Bios, block print by Tadek Beutlich
	Back Garden Geese, linocut by Barbara Robertson
	The Green, Green Grass, etching by June Berry
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Jane Ellison)
	Smooth Hawksbeard, set of etchings on paper by Michael Landy
	Summer, colour etching and aquatint by John Reginald Brunsdon
	Rising Forms, oil on canvas by Graham Bevan
	Diagonal Inclinations, screenprint by David Leverett
	The artworks are on loan from the Government Art Collection. The Collection have, advised us that it is not possible to give an accurate estimate of the value of the Government Art Collection or individual works, neither of which have a current market valuation. The current monetary value of a work of art can be accurately assessed only at the time of either purchase or sale or by professional valuation. In the former case, the Collection is not actively traded; in the latter, it would not be justifiable expenditure of public funds to have the whole Collection valued professionally.

Cancer

Roger Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what his policy is on extending access to proton beam therapy on the NHS;
	(2)  for what reasons UK patients are only funded to undergo proton beam therapy in US and not other countries.

Jane Ellison: In April 2012, the Government announced that it has set aside up to £250 million of public capital to be invested by the national health service in building proton beam therapy (PBT) facilities at The Christie hospital in Manchester and University College London Hospital. A competitive process selected these hospitals based on the current understanding of likely activity requirements. It is anticipated that patients will be able to access high energy proton beam therapy PBT in England from 2018.
	English patients are able to access two PBT facilities in America as well as a facility in Villigen, Switzerland. An expert panel chose these centres through a robust selection process that identified only those facilities that met high clinical and technical standards.
	The panel also took into account factors such as accessibility, availability of communication in the English language, experience and established links to other essential clinical services. There is high patient satisfaction with the facilities including both treatment and patient support. In a survey undertaken in 2013, all patients and their families rated the service as 'satisfactory' or ‘highly satisfactory’.

Work Experience

Seema Malhotra: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people aged (a) 16 and under and (b) over 16 years old undertook work experience in his Department in each of the last three years.

Daniel Poulter: The Department actively encourages its business areas to offer work experience opportunities and is committed to contributing to the development of students by providing placements of this nature. A copy of the Department's work experience policy will be placed in the Library.
	In the main, arrangements for placements are organised and managed at a local level. Information on all such placements is not held centrally and it would incur disproportionate costs to collect all the information requested.
	In line with our corporate diversity agenda, the Department has developed the Building Bridges Programme. The programme provides young people from our local areas with opportunities to experience life in the civil service. There were a total of 19 students (aged 14 to 15 years old) placed within the Department by the Building Bridges initiative in the last three calendar years: four in 2011; seven in 2012 and eight in 2013.
	In addition, the Department takes part in the Civil Service Whitehall Internship Scheme, as part of the Government's Social Mobility Strategy. The scheme was developed in response to a pledge in the coalition agreement to provide internships in every Whitehall Department for people from under-represented groups, with the aim of giving them meaningful work experience in a civil service environment. The Department provided opportunities for seven college-level students, aged 16 and 17, to work in our Whitehall office—three in 2011 and four in 2012.

Credit Unions

Tom Blenkinsop: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of credit unions offering cash ISAs; and if he will take steps to encourage credit unions to provide cash ISAs.

David Gauke: 37 credit unions are currently approved by HM Revenue and Customs to offer cash ISAs.
	Since 2010, the Government has implemented a range of measures to help credit unions compete and grow, including an investment of up to £38 million to March 2015 in its Credit Union Expansion Project. This investment is designed to modernise, expand and strengthen credit unions and help them to meet demand for banking and saving products, such as cash ISA, by providing sustainable financial services for up to one million additional people by 2019.
	More generally, the Government encourages credit unions and other financial institutions to offer ISAs by ensuring these accounts remain attractive to a wide range of savers, and that the administrative and other requirements on ISA providers are proportionate.

Fracking

Bridget Phillipson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the document referred to in footnote 76 of page 49 of the Autumn Statement 2013, entitled Upstream Insight: UK advances shale gas fiscal incentives, Wood Mackenzie.

Nicky Morgan: This report is currently only available to Wood Mackenzie subscribers, so the Government is unable to place a copy in the Library. Anyone who would like a copy should therefore contact Wood Mackenzie directly.

Minimum Wage

David Lammy: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many investigations there were into national minimum wage compliance from (a) complaints obtained by (i) affected employees and (ii) third parties and (b) information from (A) risk profiling and (B) targeted enforcement action by HM Revenue and Customs (1) in the UK and (2) in London in each year since 1998-99.

David Gauke: The Government takes the enforcement of NMW very seriously and HMRC review every complaint that is referred to them, investigating the complaint and, in addition, carrying out targeted enforcement where they identify a high risk of non-payment of NMW.
	HMRC does not keep data on complaints or the outcomes of its investigations by reference to government regions or country. Its management information relates to the work of teams who are multi-located. Additionally, because it resources to risk, work relating to a specific geographical area is not always done by the NMW team geographically based in that area.
	HMRC has enhanced the range of interventions it makes to investigate employers' compliance with national minimum wage. Enforcement officers investigate individual workers' complaints and may extend their review to include the whole of the employer's work force dependant on the perceived level of risk. While this had reduced the number of cases completed, it has increased the level of assurance gained on employers' compliance with NMW legislation. This approach has led to an increase in the numbers of workers helped which rose by 53% in 2012-13 when compared to 2011-12, although fewer complaints were received.
	The data in the following table relates to cases taken up nationally, as a result of (a) complaints obtained by (i) affected employees and (ii) third parties and (b) information from either risk profiling or targeted enforcement action. Data is not available from 2001-02, and records do not split employee from third party complaints after 2011.
	
		
			  (a) Employee (a) Third party Total (ai + aii) (b) HMRC 
			 2001-02 1,353 369 1,722 3,511 
			 2002-03 1,500 498 1,998 4,513 
			 2003-04 1,440 529 1,969 3,383 
			 2004-05 1,452 494 1,946 3,309 
			 2005-06 1,573 568 2,141 1,869 
			 2006-07 1,738 472 2,210 2,320 
			 2007-08 2,391 841 3,232 1,541 
			 2008-09 2,002 519 2,521 1,973 
			 2009-10 1,722 429 2,151 1,492 
			 2010-11 2,121 184 2,305 596 
			 2011-12 1,461 1,461 1,073 
			 2012-13 1,265 1,265 431 
			 Total   24,921 26,011

Minimum Wage

Mark Reckless: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent steps his Department has taken to improve enforcement of the national minimum wage.

David Gauke: The Government takes the enforcement of national minimum wage (NMW) very seriously. HMRC enforce the legislation on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and has done so since the introduction of NMW in April 1999. It does that by investigating all complaints made to the free and confidential Pay and Work Rights Helpline about employers suspected of not paying the minimum wage, and in addition carries out targeted enforcement where it identifies a high risk of non-payment of the minimum wage to workers.
	This Government is cracking down on employers who break the law. Rogue employers who do not pay their workers the minimum wage will face an increased penalty of up to £20,000. The Prime Minister has announced that his Government will increase the financial penalty percentage from 50% to 100% of the unpaid wages owed to workers, and that the maximum penalty will increase from £5,000 to £20,000. Regulations introducing these new limits are subject to parliamentary approval and are expected to be in force in February 2014. The Government will also bring in primary legislation as soon as possible so that the maximum £20,000 penalty can apply to each underpaid worker.
	This Government has also made it simpler to name and shame employers who break NMW law. The revised BIS NMW Naming and Shaming scheme came into effect on 1 October 2013 and are part of Government efforts to toughen up enforcement of the NMW and increase compliance. By naming and shaming employers it is hoped that bad publicity will be an additional deterrent to employers who would otherwise be tempted not to pay the NMW. This is on top of the financial penalties which employers already face if they fail to pay NMW. We anticipate that the first cases will be made public very soon. HMRC works across Government in task forces with other agencies, local authorities, UKBA, and the police with the specific objective of maximising visibility and impact. Successful targeted campaigns have been run across sectors such as high street fashion, interns and social care. In addition Employment Agency staff have been seconded to HMRC specifically to tackle NMW non-compliance by employment agencies and intermediaries.

Retail Trade: Overseas Visitors

Crispin Blunt: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to encourage overseas visitors to shop in UK stores.

Michael Fallon: I have been asked to reply 
	on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
	The GREAT Campaign promotes Britain in key global markets. The GREAT campaign is centred on Britain's strengths such as Culture, Heritage, and Technology. Shopping is GREAT is part of the GREAT campaign. Shopping is GREAT consists of creative and inspirational images of British shopping centres and retail businesses that aim to promote Britain as a desirable location to shoppers both at home and abroad.
	The UK now has record levels of spend by inbound visitors. The latest forecast by VisitBritain estimates that there will have been a record spend of around £20.6 billion by overseas visitors in 2013.
	The recent HMRC consultation on the VAT refund scheme, the outcome of which is due to be announced later this year, is aimed at making it easier for foreign visitors to obtain VAT refund in the UK.
	The Home Office constantly reviews the visa regime to attract more visitors to the UK. In October 2013 the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a pilot scheme allowing trusted Chinese tour operators to make joint applications for UK and Schengen area visas on a single form. It is hoped that this simplification will lead to increased numbers of Chinese tourists visiting the UK alongside other European destinations.
	Also, on the 1 January 2014 a new visa waiver scheme was launched, making it cheaper and easier for business travellers and tourists to visit the UK from Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
	In addition, Government is working with retail, property, business, academia, third sector and civil society organisations to enable high streets and town centres to become more vibrant and attractive destinations for all.

Taxation: Self-assessment

David Davis: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will meet Google to discuss the profits that company makes from copycat websites which charge for the tax return service and appear above Government department and agency websites in search results; and if he will highlight to them the importance of taking steps to ensure that websites with the .gov.uk domain are used solely for these services.

David Gauke: HMRC takes customer confidence in their online services very seriously. Ministers have asked a cross-government group which HMRC is part of to work with Google to try and mitigate the risks posed by copycat websites to our customers.

Buildings

Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which buildings occupied by his Department are owned or part-owned privately; what the total value is of the rent paid to private landlords for the use of such buildings for official duties; and to whom such rent is paid.

Francis Maude: The Cabinet Office occupies 35 Great Smith Street, and Rosebery Court under leases held directly by the Cabinet Office with private landlords. Both properties were rented before May 2010.
	Our work to rationalise the Government's property estate has resulted in the disposal of 401 buildings in 2012-13, saving the taxpayer £620 million last year alone.

Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to ensure that social housing tenants liable for the under-occupancy penalty are assisted in downsizing.

Esther McVey: The Government has made it easier for all social tenants to downsize to more suitable accommodation by increasing mobility, through changes to the housing allocation rules in the Localism Act 2011 and the introduction of HomeSwap Direct, the national mutual exchange scheme.
	Statutory social housing allocations guidance for local authorities issued in June 2012 advises them of the importance of giving existing social tenants who are under-occupying their accommodation appropriate priority for a transfer.
	This year the Government has made available £180 million in discretionary housing payment funding, which local authorities can use to help claimants in the process of moving to more suitably sized accommodation. In addition local authorities received a share of £10 million in transitional funding that can be used to support people to move.

Further Education: Qualifications

Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of the Skills Funding Agency on the number of qualifications that have been removed in the last three years.

Matthew Hancock: The Skills Funding Agency has implemented a process to review the demand from employers and learners for qualifications approved for public funding. This annual review has taken place twice—looking at the demand for qualifications available for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 funding years. These reviews form part of the process the agency operates on my behalf for approving qualifications for public funding for adults, and ensuring that qualifications Government fund are high quality and have high demand. BIS officials have been involved in and kept up to date on this work as have Department for Education officials. In addition I have received updates directly from the agency on this work.
	Over the last two funding years (2012-13 and 2013-14) the agency will have removed nearly 3,000 qualifications from public funding which either have no use or very low use. In each case the agency has taken account of where the qualifications may be specialist or where they have been designed for a certain group of learners. The agency has also put in place a process for low demand qualifications to re-enter public funding where there is evidence of demand growing.

Higher Education: Finance

Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department has made of the Resource Accounting and Budgeting charge for each cohort of students entering university from 2005 to 2012.

David Willetts: holding answer 21 January 2014
	The figures asked for are not published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) as they are not available from our modelling. BIS models the RAB charge by the year in which the loan is taken out, rather than by cohort of students entering university. The simplified loan repayment model, which is published on our website, has recently been updated with the latest OBR forecasts:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplified-student-loan-repayment-model
	BIS will carry out an analysis using the simplified loan repayment model. This analysis will estimate:
	1. A simulated RAB charge for loans issued to students starting courses in each of the years 2005-12.
	2. The estimate for loans issued to borrowers starting in 2012 will be under the post-Browne repayment system.
	The results of this analysis will be deposited in the Libraries of the House.

Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 13 November 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A Ali.

Jennifer Willott: The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Vince Cable), responded to this letter on 3 December 2013.

Research: Misconduct

Peter Lilley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many non-medical scientists have been found to have committed research misconduct in the last 30 years.

David Willetts: The Government is committed to maintaining the highest standards of propriety in publicly funded research.
	For example, Research Councils UK, as signatories to the Universities UK Concordat to support research integrity, expects all individuals engaged in research-including researchers themselves, support staff, managers and administrators-to abide by its principles and foster a supportive and open environment.
	While the Research Councils (RCs) do not have records for the past 30 years, RCs have identified recent non-medical cases as follows:
	
		
			  Cases identified 
			 AHRC 1— 
			 BBSRC 20 
			 EPSRC 24 
			 ESRC 20 
			 MRC 22 
			 NERC 21 
			 STFC 1— 
			 1 No recent cases identified. 2 Since 2010. Note: Figures for non-medical scientists identified by the Medical Research Council are those cases which have not been investigated separately by medical regulators. 
		
	
	RCs are only made aware of research misconduct if a case is passed to them by an HEI which has been unable to resolve a case with the researcher in question, RCs are not responsible for investigating cases sector-wide. It is the responsibility of Higher Education Institutes (HEI) to investigate research misconduct among their employees. HEFCE ensure that HEIs have adequate policies and procedures that are adhered to, and have recently formalised that arrangement through financial memorandums.

Pupils: Disadvantaged

Steve Brine: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on extending the pupil premium plus to school children adopted before December 2005.

David Laws: The criteria for the pupil premium is reviewed on an annual basis and the Government will, as part of this process, carefully consider the decision to link eligibility to adoptions under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (implemented on 30 December 2005).
	The decision to link eligibility to adoptions under 2002 Act for the 2014-15 financial year was to ensure consistency with the policy on priority school admissions for children adopted from care, and respond to the need to balance competing funding priorities during the current difficult economic climate.

Special Educational Needs

Stephen McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many SEN students achieved the expected level in English and mathematics at Key Stage 2 in each of the last five years; how these figures compare to the national average in each of those years; and if he will make a statement.

Edward Timpson: The tables show information on the number of special educational needs (SEN) pupils achieving the expected levels in English and mathematics at the end of key stage 2 from 2009 to 2012.
	Due to changes in the national curriculum assessment arrangements this information is not available beyond 2012. From 2013, pupils had to achieve the expected level in reading, writing and mathematics.
	The Government is committed to closing attainment gaps between children with SEN and their peers. Through the draft SEN Code of Practice, which we recently consulted on, we are ensuring children with SEN have their needs identified as early as possible, so the right support can be put in place. The Code of Practice sets out clear guidance for schools on the process for appropriate identification, assessment, monitoring and securing further support for children with SEN. It also challenges schools to improve the quality of teaching and learning for all pupils, rather than inappropriately labelling pupils as having SEN. The new SEN Code of Practice is due to come into force from September 2014.
	
		
			 Number and proportion of pupils achieving the expected level in English1 and mathematics at Key Stage 2 by special educational needs (SEN), years: 2009 to 2012 (final)2, coverage: England, state-funded schools (including academies and CTCs) 
			  2009 2010 
			 SEN Provision Number of eligible pupils Number of pupils achieving expected level in English and mathematics Percentage of pupils achieving expected level in English and mathematics Number of eligible pupils Number of pupils achieving expected level in English and mathematics Percentage of pupils achieving expected level in English and mathematics 
			 No identified SEN 423,708 363,209 86 304,479 265,717 87 
			 All SEN pupils 141,334 44,221 31 103,206 34,634 34 
			 SEN without a statement 123,348 41,837 34 89,395 32,808 37 
			 School Action 79,470 30,436 38 56,927 23,489 41 
			 School Action + 43,878 11,401 26 32,468 9,319 29 
			 SEN with a statement 17,986 2,384 13 13,811 1,826 13 
			 Unclassified3 2,018 908 45 983 427 43 
			        
			 All pupils 567,060 408,338 72 408,668 300,778 74 
		
	
	
		
			  2011 2012 
			 SEN Provision Number of eligible pupils Number of pupils achieving expected level in English and mathematics Percentage of pupils achieving expected level in English and mathematics Number of eligible pupils Number of pupils achieving expected level in English1 and mathematics Percentage of pupils achieving expected level in English1 and mathematics 
			 No identified SEN 407,774 356,345 87 406,185 370,497 91 
			 All SEN pupils 137,189 48,627 35 129,860 55,489 43 
			 SEN without a statement 119,943 46,049 38 113,045 52,618 47 
			 School Action 75,865 32,397 43 70,385 36,277 52 
			 School Action + 44,078 13,652 31 42,660 16,341 38 
			 SEN with a statement 17,246 2,578 15 16,815 2,871 17 
			 Unclassified3 1,892 907 48 1,217 501 41 
			        
			 All pupils 546,855 405,879 74 537,262 426,487 79 
			 1 In 2012, English was calculated from reading test results and writing teacher assessment rather than from reading and writing tests as in previous years. English in 2012 is, therefore, not comparable to previous years. 2 Figures for all years are based on final data. Figures are lower in 2010 as around 26% of the 15,518 maintained schools that were expected to administer the key stage 2 tests did not do so. The schools that did administer the test in 2010 are broadly representative of all schools at national level. 3 Includes pupils for whom SEN provision could not be determined. Source: National Pupil Database

Vocational Training

Rushanara Ali: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many small and medium-sized enterprises have offered placements to people aged 16 to 23 years old as part of the Traineeship Programme; and if he will make a statement.

Matthew Hancock: I have been asked to reply 
	on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
	We are currently working towards a reliable estimate of learners on the Traineeship programme and hence on the number of employer workplaces. We are working with providers to ensure that they are following the guidance and will publish information in due course.

Young People: Unemployment

Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many 16 to 18 year olds were not in education, employment or training in (a) England and (b) each local authority area in the East Midlands in the latest year for which figures are available.

Matthew Hancock: Definitive national estimates of participation in education, training and employment for young people aged 16 to 18 are published by the Department for Education in a Statistical First Release (SFR) each June.
	These estimates cannot be broken down to local authority level. However, local authorities collect information on 16 to 18-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) in each local authority area in England. This information is published annually on the Department's website1, although the quality of the data is dependent on the local data collection arrangements.
	1http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/youngpeople/participation/neet/a0064101/16--to-18-year-olds-not-in-education,-employment-or-training

Palestinians: Jordan

David Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what aid the Government is giving to displaced Palestinians in Jordan.

Alan Duncan: The UK provides funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) General Fund to support their work in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. We also provided an additional £2.2 million to UNRWA to support Palestine refugees from Syria in Jordan.

Palestinians

Philip Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether funds from her Department to support education in the Gaza Strip (a) support or (b) are ring fenced from the Pioneers of Liberation programme for school-aged children run by the Gazan ministries for education and the interior.

Alan Duncan: The UK Government does not fund the Gazan ministries for education and the interior. DFID provides funding to the Palestinian Authority to pay civil servant salaries only. The process is independently audited to ensure that only named civil servants benefit.